Lamp-mounting.



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CHARLES E. GODLEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO EDMUNDS AND JONES CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

To all whom z' concern:

LAMP-MovieTime.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application filed November 8, 1916. Serial No. 129,718.

VBe it known that I, CHARLES E. GODLEY, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in .the county of Nayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and lmproved Lamp-Mounting, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for secur- Y ing lamps to upright or inclined rods or posts, and its object is tolprovide a mounting whereby, through the use of interchangeable parts which can be produced atvery little cost, the lamp may be mounted on any one of a great variety of supports which differ not only in construction but also in position.

"It is often desirable to mount oil lamps on motor vehicles already .equipped with elect'ic lamps and these auxiliary lamps are most conveniently mounted on the frames of .the windshields. As the lamps are of standlamps securedt'o its supports by means of.

this improved lamp mounting. Fig. 2 is a plan of one form of' this mounting.. lFig. 3 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 4 1s a side elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a iront-elevation of a modified form of this mounting. Fig.

6 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 7 is a plan thereof.

Similar reference characters refer to like arts throughout the several views.

The windshield shown conventionally in Fig. 1 has two panels 1 and2 and supports or posts 3 and 4. To'the posts lamps 5 are secured by means of the mounting illustrated inFigs. 2 to 4 inclusive if the supports 3 and 4 lean back, or by means of vthe mounting shown in Figs. 5 to 7v inclusive when the supports 6 are .vertical or at least both. in

the same vertical plane.

In both of these cases, an arm 1Q is secured to the body 11 of the lamp and is formed with an opening for the clampingv bolt 12 having a nut 13 on one end. "he split washer 14 may) be employed if desired. In

order that the olt may not ybend under heavy stress, a grooved shoulder 15 may be formed on the arm 10. The outer'arm 1G of the bolt may be formed with a notch to receive the support 4 or 6.

The arm 10 is formed with'a smallhole to receive the screw 17 which engages in a threaded hole in the beveled jaw 18. The

arm and the jaw are formed with rings of inter-engaging teeth 19 to prevent rotary l movement and the jaw is formed with parallel teeth 20 between' which the support 3 is received. In order to strengthen the union between the jaw and'arm, the latter may be formed with a counterbore and the jaw withl `a cylindrical hub 22 to fit this counterbore. "By `turning the jaw on the arm, the lamp may be secured in an upright position to supports that not only lean backward but to such as alsolean inward. It will be noted that the end of the arm `and the jaw are partly cut away so as not to projectv into the path of the windshield. l

Where the supports 6 are vertical or at least. are both in the same vertical plane, whether they lean in or out, the jaw 25 need not be `beveled. Teeth 26 will be formed thereon to engage the teeth 19 on the arm 10 and teeth 27 to engage the supports. All the remainder ofthe amp mounting is the same as that above described. Therefore, to adapt this support to any ordinary type of support,

a proper jaw 18 or 25 alone is necessary, and.l these will be of very fewestyles and so can be easily kept in stock by lamp dealers.

I claim 1. A lamp mounting comprising an arm secured to the lampand having a circular row of teeth, a jaw mounted thereon and having a row ofteeth to engage the teeth on thev arm and also provided with teeth to engage a post, and an adjustable member to engage the side of the post opposite said jaw.

2. A lamp mounting comprising an arm secured to the lamp and having a circular row of teeth, a jaw mounted thereon and having' a row of teeth to engage the teeth on the arm and also provided with teeth to engage a post, a screw concentric'with said rows of teeth 'to' secure'` the jaw thearm,

and a hook sildably mounted in the arm and adapted to engage the side of the post opposite said jaw. 1

3. A lamp mounting comprising an arm secured to the lamfp and havinga circular row of teeth, a aw mounted thereon and having a rosy of teeth to engage the teeth on the arm andlso-provided with teeth to engage a post, a screw concentric with said rows oi' teeth to secure the jaw to the arm, and 'a hook slid ably mounted in the arm and adapted to engage the side of the post opposite said jaw,

saidV arm being formed with' a shoulder' to support said hook.

4. A lamp mounting comprising an arm secured to the lamp and having teeth, a jaw mounted thereon and having teeth to engage the teeth in the arm and also formed to. en.

gage a post, the planes of the set of teeth and of the post engaging surface being at an oblique angle to each other, and adjustable means to force the jaw against the post.

CHARLES E. GroDLEY. 

